Ok, I just had my mind blown away. I am reading about quantum mechanics and the observer problem that occurs on the sub atomic scale. And I began to think about the question, “If a tree falls and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” However, because of the observer problem in quantum mechanics we can never be sure that the tree has even fallen. The simple solution is to check that the tree is in fact lying horizontal in a rested prone position. But, now the tree has been observed, which will remove it from waves of possibilities into a state of lying at rest. Therefore, the tree has both not made a sound, and at the same time, made a sound. Assuming, of course, it did actually fall. But again, neither can be measured until someone is there to observe it which will always result in a single conclusion.
If that is still confusing you, think about this. Do you know what state this Note was in before you checked it? No, you don’t. Why? Because you hadn’t observed it yet. What happens to this Note when you leave this page? You don’t know…at least not for sure. Therefore, this Note will be in all of it’s possible states at the same time…that is until you return to the page. It will then collapse to one of its possible states.
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Ok one more example. Friday afternoon I will buy a lottery ticket and never look at the numbers. That night the lottery drawing will occur and six numbers will be randomly chosen. As long as my lottery ticket remains in my pocket and no else has checked it, I am a winner! But it the same time all of my numbers are wrong. How is that possible? Quantum mechanics’ fundamental law of superposition. That lottery ticket can be in a state that contains all of those randomly chosen winning numbers and (notice I said ‘and’) any other possible state that would not make it a winning lottery ticket.
The absolute only possibility that the state of matter can be define is when it is being observed. If that doesn’t blow your mind I am not sure anything will.
It’s simple to us to ‘know’ the state of matter because we can assume that it will be the same state as we last left it or that it will be represented by a previous pattern but that is only a hypothesis we take for granted. Look past the way you see things with your eyes and use your subconscious to understand your environment. Then imagine the possibilities that you control just by being the observer.
I wonder what will happen to this Note after I save it?
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